Short quotations about, people - Page 18

Abraham Lincoln

You may deceive all the people part…

27 Apr , 2010  

You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time. Great short quote and quotation by: Abraham Lincoln , 16th president of US (1809 – 1865)

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James Baldwin

You think your pains and heartbreak…

27 Apr , 2010  

You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who have ever been alive. Great short quote and quotation […]

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Australian Aboriginal Elder

You white people are so strange. We…

27 Apr , 2010  

You white people are so strange. We think it is very primitive for a child to have only two parents. Great short quote and quotation by: Australian Aboriginal Elder ,

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John Ruskin

You will find that the mere resolve…

27 Apr , 2010  

You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself. Great short quote and quotation by: John Ruskin , English critic, essayist, & reformer (1819 – 1900)

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Marshall Ganz, quoted by Sara Rimer in New York Times

Young people have an almost biologi…

27 Apr , 2010  

Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful. Great short quote and quotation by: Marshall Ganz, quoted by Sara Rimer in New York Times ,

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Robert Reich

Your most precious possession is no…

27 Apr , 2010  

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Reich ,

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Bill Clinton

[George Bush] has raised taxes on t…

11 Jan , 2010  

[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people riding in limousines. We can do better. Great short quote and quotation by: Bill Clinton, Democratic National Convention, July 16, 1992 , 42nd president of the United States (1946 – )

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Fred Allen

[Television is] the triumph of mach…

11 Jan , 2010  

[Television is] the triumph of machine over people. Great short quote and quotation by: Fred Allen , US radio comedian (1894 – 1956)

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